// Extension for string
internal static string WildcardToPattern(string pattern, WildcardSearch matchType)
{
string escapedPattern = Regex.Escape(pattern);
escapedPattern = escapedPattern.Replace("\\*", ".*?"); // lazy star not a greedy star
escapedPattern = escapedPattern.Replace("\\?", ".");
if (matchType == WildcardSearch.Exact)
return "^" + escapedPattern + "$";
if (matchType == WildcardSearch.Anywhere)
return escapedPattern;
if (matchType == WildcardSearch.StartsWith)
return "^" + escapedPattern;
if (matchType == WildcardSearch.EndsWith)
return escapedPattern + "$";
return pattern;
}
// Extension for string
internal static string WildcardToPattern(string pattern, WildcardSearch matchType)
{
string escapedPattern = Regex.Escape(pattern);
escapedPattern = escapedPattern.Replace("\\*", ".*?"); // lazy star not a greedy star
escapedPattern = escapedPattern.Replace("\\?", ".");
if (matchType == WildcardSearch.Exact)
{
return("^" + escapedPattern + "$");
}
if (matchType == WildcardSearch.Anywhere)
{
return(escapedPattern);
}
if (matchType == WildcardSearch.StartsWith)
{
return("^" + escapedPattern);
}
if (matchType == WildcardSearch.EndsWith)
{
return(escapedPattern + "$");
}
return(pattern);
}
